Articles
“Blessing for Each Other”
Read moreIt was not long ago that a multiplicity of events were planned to celebrate the fortieth year anniversary of Vatican II Declaration Nostra…
Seeking Understanding to Enable Constructive Dialogue
Read moreIn October 2011, the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) invited a number of Christians to a meeting in Beit Jala, situated…
Repentance and Forgiveness
Read moreDuring the spring of 1996, with the support of the American Jewish Committee, I was privileged to be in Rome to teach Jewish Studies at the…
Media missed the point with Palestinian’s Auschwitz visit
Read moreTel Aviv, Israel - In late July, Ziad al-Bandak, an advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, made an official visit to the Auschwitz…
Judaism: Freedom of Religion and Tolerance in Europe
Read moreKeynote speech held at the Biennial Conference der European Union for Progressive Judaism, 15-18 March 2012, in Amsterdam.
The Raheb-Herzog Affair
Read moreWhen the German concern Media Control announced the four winners of its 2011 German Media Prize (Deutscher Medienpreis) on January 13, 2012,…
"Palestinian Theologian" Trashes "Palestinian Theology"
Read moreFor over two decades, parts of the Christian world have been bemused by the writings of self-styled "Palestinian Christian theologians."…
The Shared Testament: Sara and Hagar
Read moreTwo feminist scholars, Dalia Marx, a liberal rabbi and an ordained Lutheran minister, Ursula Rudnick, in dialogue about the Hebrew Bible.
Letters to David
Read moreIn 2003 the theologian and pastor Friedrich Gölz begins to write letters to his grandson David. The letters tell of a long journey, the…